Since you are interested in Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 5 ''Emperor'', here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonatas Nos. 8, 14 & 23 [recorded 1962-64] Alfred Brendel (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] 'The playing is very deeply committed, very intense, but never ponderously philosophical' Gramophone |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano variations and Bagatelles Alfred Brendel (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 14/Dec/2006 ] A truly historic document: some 40 years ago Alfred Brendel recorded Beethoven's Bagatellen and Piano variations. Here the eminent pianist already showed his idiosyncratic self. Some people consider his playing dull; others find it refreshingly... |
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BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / HENZE / CHOPIN
The Early Recordings [6 CD set] Christoph Eschenbach (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2010 ] Of appeal to connoisseurs of the piano and to new-music enthusiasts Will receive coverage in the serious musical press. |
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BEETHOVEN
Emil Gilels: Beethoven Piano Concertos[3 CD set] Emil Gilels (piano) / State Symphony Orchestra of the USSR, Kurt Masur [ Brilliant Classics Historic Russian Archive Edition / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2011 ] Emil Gilels belongs to a select group of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. Born in Odessa in 1916, he began his studies at the age of 5, and gave his first public recital at the age of 13. |
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BEETHOVEN
Beethoven Edition: Complete works [Symphonies, chamber, concertos, dances, operas, songs, instriumental & incidental music] Alfred Brendel, Staatskapelle Dresden, Elly Ameling, Suske Quartett, Janet Baker, Yefim Bronfman, Walter Klien, Academy St Martins-in-the-Fields, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 86 CD Box Set ] t would not be an overstatement to declare that Ludwig van Beethoven stands as one of the most significant figures in Western civilisation: a composer who shaped the course of music history through his mastery of rhythm, melody and harmonic... |